Dr. Onur Cizmecioglu

Assistant Professor
Bilkent University, Turkiye


Highest Degree
PostDoc Fellow in Microbiology from German Cancer Research Center, University of Heidelberg, Germany

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Microbiology
Cancer Research
Surgery
Medicine

Selected Publications

  1. Cizmecioglu, O., J. Ni, S. Xie, J.J. Zhao abd T.M. Roberts, 2016. Rac1-mediated membrane raft localization of PI3K/p110β is required for its activation by GPCRs or PTEN loss. Elife, Vol. 5. 10.7554/eLife.17635.001.
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  2. Fernando, A.P., S. Andrabi, O. Cizmecioglu, C. Zhu and D.M. Livingston et al., 2015. Polyoma small T antigen triggers cell death via mitotic catastrophe. Oncogene, 34: 2483-2492.
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  3. Cizmecioglu, O., A. Krause, R. Bahtz, L. Ehret, N. Malek and I. Hoffmann, 2012. Plk2 regulates centriole duplication through phosphorylation-mediated degradation of Fbxw7 (human Cdc4). J. Cell. Sci., 125: 981-992.

  4. Tumurbaatar, I., O. Cizmecioglu, I. Hoffmann, I. Grummt and R. Voit, 2011. Human Cdc14B promotes progression through mitosis by dephosphorylating Cdc25 and regulating Cdk1/cyclin B activity. PLos One, Vol. 6. .
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  5. Timofeev, O., O. Cizmecioglu, F. Settele, T. Kempf and I. Hoffmann, 2010. CDC25 phosphatases are required for timely assembly of CDK1/cyclin B at the G2/M transition. J. Biol. Chem., 285: 16978-16990.
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  6. Chang, J., O. Cizmecioglu, I. Hoffmann and K. Rhee, 2010. PLK2 phosphorylation is critical for CPAP function in procentriole formation during the centrosome cycle. EMBO J., 29: 2395-2406.
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  7. Timofeev, O., O. Cizmecioglu, E. Hu, T. Orlik and I. Hoffmann, 2009. Human Cdc25A phosphatase has a non-redundant function in G2 phase by activating Cyclin A-dependent kinases. FEBS Lett., 583: 841-847.

  8. Cizmecioglu, O., S. Warnke, M. Arnold, S. Duensing and I. Hoffmann, 2008. Plk2 regulated centriole duplication is dependent on its localization to the centrioles and a functional polo-box domain. Cell Cycle, 7: 3548-3555.
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